Microbiology Fundamentals: A Clinical Approach
Microbiology Fundamentals: A Clinical Approach
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ISBN: 9781259709227
Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor, Heidi Smith
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Natural defenses in the human system prevent the entry of foreign particles which can cause infection inside the human system. The natural defense includes microbial peptides, cytokines, macrophages, and tears which contain lysozyme.

Cytokines are the number of substances, such as interferon and growth factors, which are secreted by white blood cells of the immune system and they have an effect on other cells.

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